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not in the state, not to government. again, that gets us towards socialism. what goes beyond socialism is communism. i know i'm going to get slammed for speaking too bluntly about what's going on. >> there's sean hannity getting history lessons from sarah palin. wonderful. >>> next, a bit of the postmortem from "mad men." what romney staffers nicknamed their campaign ad team. minchillo thinks they did a few things right. despite losing the election. first of all, he says, their in-house production operation allowed them to churn out ads in record time. but minchillo also says if you make the chinese news agency angry, i figure you're doing something right. romney drew the wrath of china's news agency for promising to label them a currency manipulator. unfortunately for the mad men, it wasn't just the chinese who were paying attention. a general motors spokesman accused them of entering into a parallel universe with that ad saying jeep was shipping american jobs over to china. >>> finally, a toddler takes in cnbc's fiscal
not in the state, not to government. again, that gets us towards socialism. what goes beyond socialism is communism. i know i'm going to get slammed for speaking too bluntly about what's going on. >> there's sean hannity getting history lessons from sarah palin. wonderful. >>> next, a bit of the postmortem from "mad men." what romney staffers nicknamed their campaign ad team. minchillo thinks they did a few things right. despite losing the election. first of all, he...
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a bloated federal government that wants to spend too much to help the poor. >> government's approach has been to expand bureaucracy and spend lots of money on bloated top-down anti-poverty programs. we're trying to measure compassion by how much we spend not by how many people we help. >> the takeaway, we care. we care about the same things we always cared about -- cutting taxes and slashing the government. in "the daily beast" calling this attempt at rebranding, if you will, gaseous rhetoric. saying until these guys actually embrace some amount of policy change, it's same old, same old. >> you know i think rubio at least his suits fit better than paul ryan's suits do. watching them, on the one hand it's cool watching them being -- trying to be progressive. but it's -- these suits are ill-fitting these compassion -- sudden compassion for the poor. it's a little bit like listening to bloomberg speak spanish. >> nice try but awkward. >> i'm happy to hear paul ryan talking about the poor and i hope this is a trend in the republican party. >> i don't know -- if i were paul ryan's strateg
a bloated federal government that wants to spend too much to help the poor. >> government's approach has been to expand bureaucracy and spend lots of money on bloated top-down anti-poverty programs. we're trying to measure compassion by how much we spend not by how many people we help. >> the takeaway, we care. we care about the same things we always cared about -- cutting taxes and slashing the government. in "the daily beast" calling this attempt at rebranding, if you...
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government. that group is just about to report its findings. and secretary clinton will be asked to testify next week before the senate and the house. i really wish we'd been able to deal with issues. >> i certain lif agree, today, ambassador and governor, even today, the strongest critics of mccain, senator graham, senator iod. it says at one hand, they praise and still take a shot before they can finish praising them. senator lindsey, i respect ambassador rice's decision. senator . >> next sentence, i will continue to seek all the facts about benghazi. other agencies are stone walling on libya. senator ayott, going beyond any one individual. they can't even be mag nam mouse in the face of such states woman ship that was demonstrated by this ambassador, susan rice, today, governor, o'maley? >> yes, it's hard for them. the republican party has twisted itself in the sense of a corkscrew state. that they're just having a hard time right now as a party. it would be great if the party of lincoln would reemerge and take control of what's been made o
government. that group is just about to report its findings. and secretary clinton will be asked to testify next week before the senate and the house. i really wish we'd been able to deal with issues. >> i certain lif agree, today, ambassador and governor, even today, the strongest critics of mccain, senator graham, senator iod. it says at one hand, they praise and still take a shot before they can finish praising them. senator lindsey, i respect ambassador rice's decision. senator ....
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he did it on keeping the government open. you had attrition in the republican conference. there is the possible, some people are saying, look, if speaker boehner does not agree to something, the republican conference that they lie, he is out. a group downtown is very upset at him and sorry groups, as well, but it take as lot to kick speaker boehner out. the best thing he has going for him, his leadership is four square behind him. that wasn't necessarily the case last year. there were tensions between the staff with the majority leader and he is now on board, and the whip is on board, and, more importantly, paul ryan, is on board and he is part of the meet ing. >>neil: thank you very much. our work is not done, but we will be there to help the country out. thank you, chad. in the meantime, santa, santa, santa is getting into the spending act. say it ain't. >> we have a special guest would needs absolutely no introduction. i would like everyone to welcome santa. [ applause ] twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligatio. i need to reth
he did it on keeping the government open. you had attrition in the republican conference. there is the possible, some people are saying, look, if speaker boehner does not agree to something, the republican conference that they lie, he is out. a group downtown is very upset at him and sorry groups, as well, but it take as lot to kick speaker boehner out. the best thing he has going for him, his leadership is four square behind him. that wasn't necessarily the case last year. there were tensions...
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government. in the event of a nuclear attack. so nuclear attack, your doomsday h happens then you've got your doomsday plan to try to survive it. in 2005, congress passed another doomsday plan meant to ensure the house could function in the aftermath of a terrorist attack that killed or incapacitated most of its members. the rule they passed in the house states that under, "catastrophic circumstances a form would not require 218 congressmen as it does now. rather the house could operate with whoever happened to be around. so, again, you have a terrorist attack, your doomsday scenario, then there's this plan to help you survive it. that is what a doomsday plan usually is. this week, washington is really into another so-called doomsday plan. but it's a weird kind of doomsday plan. it's not a plan meant to save the country in the event of doomsday. it is a plan meant to create a doomsday scenario in the event that republic ans have to compromise on tax rates. on monday, abc's jonathan carl explained how it worked. he said "republica
government. in the event of a nuclear attack. so nuclear attack, your doomsday h happens then you've got your doomsday plan to try to survive it. in 2005, congress passed another doomsday plan meant to ensure the house could function in the aftermath of a terrorist attack that killed or incapacitated most of its members. the rule they passed in the house states that under, "catastrophic circumstances a form would not require 218 congressmen as it does now. rather the house could operate...
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>> i think there's a lot of money at the government. one of the things i've been doing on my tour is realizing the u.s. government has all kinds of earmarked moneys for minorities and women, particularly women. they don't have the money to market those opportunities but they're there. i think there's all kinds of opportunities where there's small business loan, government contra contracts, there's all kinds of things, other ways she can det money right now without giving up a piece of the company. >> this is going to be a war. knew get the last word. >> if i sold out early on i wouldn't have made the money made. i think those of us that know a certain market, she knows her market and extending it. usually when you know your market really well it becomes universal. knew don't have to be in the government to get the money. the private equity. i think she gets a lot better advice if she goes to an angel. >> we will leave it there and love a panel that disagrees with each other. thanks. >>> another company is seeing rapid growth thanks to a
>> i think there's a lot of money at the government. one of the things i've been doing on my tour is realizing the u.s. government has all kinds of earmarked moneys for minorities and women, particularly women. they don't have the money to market those opportunities but they're there. i think there's all kinds of opportunities where there's small business loan, government contra contracts, there's all kinds of things, other ways she can det money right now without giving up a piece of the...
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this is recognition that we have to get control over out-of-control governments. i think you were more accurate the first time. i idea here is that you have a free rider problem. when you have folks that are not paying union dues. kate's comment is right. it is a union breaking measure. some people see the unions as a free rider. picking the pockets of non union employees on union work sites. i think you should tell the president and vice president don't pick the american pockets so much. you know, i think republicans at the end of the day want to make a strategic move to extend the middle class tax cuts. but i think these huge revenue numbers which pick taxpayer pockets. don't go so far in that. taxpayers have limits. >> larry, i thought your position in that interview was right. i was thinking i'm glad larry is here in town comes down to my town to talk about economic growth. and we can have all kinds of arguments that you and i have had for years. but your position was right. we have to solve this problem which is going to involve problems in the interest in th
this is recognition that we have to get control over out-of-control governments. i think you were more accurate the first time. i idea here is that you have a free rider problem. when you have folks that are not paying union dues. kate's comment is right. it is a union breaking measure. some people see the unions as a free rider. picking the pockets of non union employees on union work sites. i think you should tell the president and vice president don't pick the american pockets so much. you...
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instead, leaving the implementation up to the federal government. christie says the federal government failed to provide the answers he needed to make a fiscally sound decision. the move came after christie met with the president at the white house to discuss federal disaster relief. the state health insurance exchange is a key component to the obama care. it allows millions of middle class households as well as small businesses to shop for private insurance. states must decide by next friday if they want to set up their own exchange. they will -- they were allowed more time to mull over the decision after many republican governors delayed action. perhaps expecting a different outcome to the presidential election. new jersey is just the latest state with a republican governor to on the for the federal government to step in and create the exchange. let's turn to former vermont governor howard dean and former chairman of the dnc and contributor to cnbc. governor dean, good to have you with us tonight. i think you know this whole story well. these repu
instead, leaving the implementation up to the federal government. christie says the federal government failed to provide the answers he needed to make a fiscally sound decision. the move came after christie met with the president at the white house to discuss federal disaster relief. the state health insurance exchange is a key component to the obama care. it allows millions of middle class households as well as small businesses to shop for private insurance. states must decide by next friday...
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the government sounding the alarment tonight about something that affects millions of older americans. you may have seen commercials calling for a reverse mortgage. but tonight, abc news has learned there's growing concern and the government may be ready to take as. here's abc's senior national correspondent jim avila. >> it was -- this was our dream. >> reporter: the family home, dream and nest egg for wisconsin's linda and jim mcmahon. until it had to be sold out from under linda to pay back a reverse mortgage as soon as her husband died. >> i get a letter, sorry to hear about your husband passing away. buy the house or move out. >> reporter: reverse mortgages give homeowners an immediate cash payment in exchange for future equity. allowing them to stay in the house until death. but only people 62 and older quali qualify. linda was too young to be on the mortgage, so, when her older husband died, she lost everything. it's only one danger inherent in the reverse mortgage. >> hi, i'm fred thompson. >> hi, i'm henry winniklewinkle. >> reporter: critics say the commercials prey on vulne
the government sounding the alarment tonight about something that affects millions of older americans. you may have seen commercials calling for a reverse mortgage. but tonight, abc news has learned there's growing concern and the government may be ready to take as. here's abc's senior national correspondent jim avila. >> it was -- this was our dream. >> reporter: the family home, dream and nest egg for wisconsin's linda and jim mcmahon. until it had to be sold out from under linda...
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it's possible we'll see forebearance on the part of the federal government? >> potentially. >> uf been doing phenomenal reporting on this issue. thanks for your time. a crash course is how now level at a time a meal for four people. that's up next. ♪ oh oh, oh, oh ♪ you're wonderful ♪ you have a heart of gold [ male announcer ] vera wang love. the new diamond bridal collection from vera wang. exclusively at zales. this is another! ta-daa! try charmin ultra strong. it cleans so well and you can use up to four times less than the leading value brand. and it's four times stronger. charmin ultra strong. ♪ you can stay in and like something... ♪ [ car alarm deactivates ] ♪ ...or you can get out there with your family and actually like something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best values of the year. this is the pursuit of perfection. offering some of our best values of the year. those little things for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadal
it's possible we'll see forebearance on the part of the federal government? >> potentially. >> uf been doing phenomenal reporting on this issue. thanks for your time. a crash course is how now level at a time a meal for four people. that's up next. ♪ oh oh, oh, oh ♪ you're wonderful ♪ you have a heart of gold [ male announcer ] vera wang love. the new diamond bridal collection from vera wang. exclusively at zales. this is another! ta-daa! try charmin ultra strong. it cleans so...
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government. what becomes of a123 now? essentially johnson controls within also bidding during the bankruptcy process for the battery part of the business dropped out. when they said, there bidding is too rich. we don't think the price matches the assets. they dropped out. a123 does have about 3,000 employees in the u.s. this has to be approved by the committee for foreign investment. remember, this is what hatches when you have a foreign firm buying a u.s. company like this. it has to be approved and there are more than a prove, mandy and brian, in washington, saying, do we really want the wanxiang group having access to the assets of a123. a123 add little bit of defense work, and it went to a different company. we will see whether or not this deal gets approved. >> let's bring in alan, research fellow at u.s. business and research council. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> you think this deal should not be allowed, how come? >> this is so mind-boggling stupid. i can't believe it's even come up. the last thing
government. what becomes of a123 now? essentially johnson controls within also bidding during the bankruptcy process for the battery part of the business dropped out. when they said, there bidding is too rich. we don't think the price matches the assets. they dropped out. a123 does have about 3,000 employees in the u.s. this has to be approved by the committee for foreign investment. remember, this is what hatches when you have a foreign firm buying a u.s. company like this. it has to be...
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. >> 250 days of operating for the federal government. medicare in 1970 spent about $5 billion. about 25 billion now, spends about 500 billion. >> the white house pro pro posed more medicare cuts than the republicans have. >> is the white house actually slicing off medicare? a hundred billion year? now you've got to make the argument you want to hurt mom and grandma. >> that's why the republicans haven't laid out their medicare cuts. >> that's my point, right? >> yes. >> no party wants to go to the american people and say, we're going to go broke but we don't want to face the wrath of being the party that wants to hurt mom. >> well, of course. and all of the moms out there don't want to be hurt either. so this is not an easy question for anybody but the white house proposed a couple hundred billion in savings to medicare. republicans have put a couple things on the table. most notably, the rise in medicare eligibility age. but they have not detailed what they want if cuts except for what was in the house budget which they have abandoned as negotiating position. so the white hous
. >> 250 days of operating for the federal government. medicare in 1970 spent about $5 billion. about 25 billion now, spends about 500 billion. >> the white house pro pro posed more medicare cuts than the republicans have. >> is the white house actually slicing off medicare? a hundred billion year? now you've got to make the argument you want to hurt mom and grandma. >> that's why the republicans haven't laid out their medicare cuts. >> that's my point, right?...
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>> it's kind of a crisis capitalism in a way or crisis governance. they create an emergency by going over the fiscal cliff, and then they say because we have this big emergency, we need to do drastic things to defund mostly the domestic side of government, turn it over to private industry. whether it's health care or anything else. that's their aim. it's to drown the government in their bathtub as grover norquist famously said. >> i know. that sounds like the late senator moynihan, that the idea of supply side was basically to get rid of so much revenue the it's about torture. many critics say "zero dark thirty" suggests without torture we wouldn't have gotten the guy. but not everyone agrees. that's what the movie's about. it's going to be hot. >>> and the gop's favorite supreme court justice scalia just came out with a sugar plum. here he is. quote, if we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder? can we have it against other things? >> do they really need this? >>> finally, let me finish with the problem with
>> it's kind of a crisis capitalism in a way or crisis governance. they create an emergency by going over the fiscal cliff, and then they say because we have this big emergency, we need to do drastic things to defund mostly the domestic side of government, turn it over to private industry. whether it's health care or anything else. that's their aim. it's to drown the government in their bathtub as grover norquist famously said. >> i know. that sounds like the late senator moynihan,...
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we went off the fiscal cliff a long time ago when we doubled the size of the government in the last 11 years and when we gave increased benefits in medicare without creating tax revenue source to pay for it. the question is not medicare, social security, why would you not just address the issues facing our country and the very things that are going to cripple us if we don't address them? ann and saving medicare, guaranteeing that benefit to people in the future out to be important. we have 3 million people this year that are going to go in to medicare and three million the next and the next. >> what leverage do you think republicans have to force and get a deal? >> i don't know. i think, again, that's washington speak for politics, rather than policy. again, i think we ought to raise it another notch up. shouldn't we be having the president of the united states with the leaders of both houses of congress come together and say what are the real problems in the short term and long term facing our country. should we not be about addressing those and about decreasing the massive growth of
we went off the fiscal cliff a long time ago when we doubled the size of the government in the last 11 years and when we gave increased benefits in medicare without creating tax revenue source to pay for it. the question is not medicare, social security, why would you not just address the issues facing our country and the very things that are going to cripple us if we don't address them? ann and saving medicare, guaranteeing that benefit to people in the future out to be important. we have 3...
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allows democrats to expand the growth of government. either way accounting trick that no family tried to balance its checkbook could ever get away with. bret? >> bret: british bank sbc has agreed to pay money to settle a money laundering case. the justice department in the u.s. says the bank cleaned funds for narcotics traffickers in mexico and allowed illegal transactions with iran, cuba, and other nations. michigan becomes a right-to-work state with some fireworks outside the state capitol. we'll talk about what's going on with the fox all-stars when we come back. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. >> no matter what happens, they cannot define us. >> what we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages and working. [cheers] >> what we're talking about
allows democrats to expand the growth of government. either way accounting trick that no family tried to balance its checkbook could ever get away with. bret? >> bret: british bank sbc has agreed to pay money to settle a money laundering case. the justice department in the u.s. says the bank cleaned funds for narcotics traffickers in mexico and allowed illegal transactions with iran, cuba, and other nations. michigan becomes a right-to-work state with some fireworks outside the state...
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. >> reporter: the syrian government has vowed not to use chemical weapons against its own people but it regards the opposition as foreign terrorists. >> pelley: david, thank you. those so-called foreterrorists are actually the syrian people who rose up against the 41-year-old assad family dictatorship. it's estimated 40,000 people have been killed, mostly civilians. one reason assad has held on-- he's had the support of russia but that may be changing. in ireland today, secretary of state hillary clinton, met with the russian foreign minister. it happened at a meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe, known as the ocof sce, and margaret brennan is covering for us tonight. margaret. >> reporter: well, scott, officials familiar with those talks say the russians now think that bashar al-assad may not survive the war and they want to have influence in syria if his regime falls, or if he loses control of the chemical weapons inside of his country. u.s. officials are particularly concerned that those weapons could fall into the hands of an al qaeda affiliate activ
. >> reporter: the syrian government has vowed not to use chemical weapons against its own people but it regards the opposition as foreign terrorists. >> pelley: david, thank you. those so-called foreterrorists are actually the syrian people who rose up against the 41-year-old assad family dictatorship. it's estimated 40,000 people have been killed, mostly civilians. one reason assad has held on-- he's had the support of russia but that may be changing. in ireland today, secretary...
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now it's time to govern. what's more important, what senator graham is talking about, the president has to start talk being spending cuts. we've already had two months of the new fiscal year. we're $292 billion in the deficit. there's some interesting numbers through there. revenues have increased $30 billion. they've gone up 10%. why that number is important is the president is able to raise the rates that he wants, he'll only collect $31 billion for the entire year, just on the rates. but the real problem is spending has gone up 16%, more than $87 billion. so we've got to start looking at, where are we going to cut spending? he wants to increase taxes to keep spending. we'll be in another mess, next year asking the same questions we're asking today. >> a tax increase only buys you a limited amount of time as long as the spending is more than that's coming in. why is he campaigning? he's not able to convince anyone on the republican side. i wonder, for all the reports you read about republicans being divided
now it's time to govern. what's more important, what senator graham is talking about, the president has to start talk being spending cuts. we've already had two months of the new fiscal year. we're $292 billion in the deficit. there's some interesting numbers through there. revenues have increased $30 billion. they've gone up 10%. why that number is important is the president is able to raise the rates that he wants, he'll only collect $31 billion for the entire year, just on the rates. but the...
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he wanted the money to go to his government. and why? he will use the cash to get more influence over military in egypt, over civil society. there is nothing guaranteed as long as the muslim brotherhood have this agenda we know all about that he will continue with this policy. the best guaranty would have the constitution to bind those extremes and on the other hand a consensus in egypt. we don't have a consensus. half or more is rising against morsi. the more democratic side of the society seems to be against more sis. -- moresy. melissa: what is your best policy here? >> morsi, if you want money you have to sit down with us and your opposition. this is a way to corner him. let's have a triangular. liberal civil society, women, what have you. and morsi and allies on the other hand. we would like as a congress first and administration listen to your debate. who will give us better in terms of american-egyptian alliances and democracy and freedom in the region. melissa: walid, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. melissa: up nex
he wanted the money to go to his government. and why? he will use the cash to get more influence over military in egypt, over civil society. there is nothing guaranteed as long as the muslim brotherhood have this agenda we know all about that he will continue with this policy. the best guaranty would have the constitution to bind those extremes and on the other hand a consensus in egypt. we don't have a consensus. half or more is rising against morsi. the more democratic side of the society...
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maybe the government is simply making a peace savings. i do know seniors cannot save $5 billion without someone paying the price. melissa: thank you. be sure to watch the tom sullivan show this weekend. have all wonderful weekend. happy friday, everyone. we will see you back here on monday. ♪ gerri: tonight, did president obama break the law? some in the senate say yes, and now the cases in front of a judge. we will have a heated debate. with more than a million charities and the u.s. alone, how did you find the best one? we have you covered. "welcome to "the willis report." hello, everybody. i'm gerri willis. tonight no progress on the fiscal cliff as democrats and republicans trade barbs over the issue. one group of americans is finding a way through this regardless of congress and the president. small-business owners in this country are preparing to hire. join me now, chief u.s. economist for i may just pull one side. heart of america group founder, and member of the jobs creation alliance and actual job creators in this country who
maybe the government is simply making a peace savings. i do know seniors cannot save $5 billion without someone paying the price. melissa: thank you. be sure to watch the tom sullivan show this weekend. have all wonderful weekend. happy friday, everyone. we will see you back here on monday. ♪ gerri: tonight, did president obama break the law? some in the senate say yes, and now the cases in front of a judge. we will have a heated debate. with more than a million charities and the u.s. alone,...
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. >> the tea party has said, look, we're for smaller government, less government interference. >> we have this historical battle between thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton going all the way back to that point, how much government do we want or not want. but on an optimistic note, we always seem to manage to get beyond this. >> congress is busy at work and just not on the fiscal cliff. ac, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-threeitment to the gulf. billion dollars together for your future. to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to f
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another big issue is government regulation. just focusing on lack of sales, if that's one of their key concerns, then they're probably right for this perspective. this is something that will take 6 to 12 months to work through. >> if i'm an a student and i get a b, that's bad. if i'm a c student and i get a b, that's good. we seem to become a c economy happy with a b or buy-minus jobs number. what happened to great expectations and why isn't anybody in congress talking about growth? >> well, because we've got a lot of other issues. they built the cliff and now they're trying to keep us from going over it but it is all a sort of self-made crisis if you will from the policy perspective. i think tom is right, there is a lot of structural issues holding the u.s. back. there's still deleveraging on the household side. businesses are stuck in a cautious state and probably rightly so. it's going to be a grind getting to higher rates of growth. and that's -- getting the expectations right is actually a good thing. we were overly optimi
another big issue is government regulation. just focusing on lack of sales, if that's one of their key concerns, then they're probably right for this perspective. this is something that will take 6 to 12 months to work through. >> if i'm an a student and i get a b, that's bad. if i'm a c student and i get a b, that's good. we seem to become a c economy happy with a b or buy-minus jobs number. what happened to great expectations and why isn't anybody in congress talking about growth?...
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that would help the government save almost $6 billion a year, according to one study, though it would also come at a cost. an average of $700 more in out-of-pocket costs for those seniors no longer eligible for medicare, not to mention additional health care costs for employers. and, diane, you talked about the political cold front here in washington, d.c. how frosty are things? well, house speaker john boehner did come to the white house last night for president obama's annual holiday party for members of congress, but he did not get in the receiving line to say hello to the president and get a picture taken with him as he has done in previous years and as dozens, if not hundreds, of members of congress did last night. diane? >> okay, jake tapper reporting from the white house tonight. >>> and now we head overseas. take a look at the size of this protest today in cairo, egypt, tahrir square, tens of thousands of protesters reeling from tear gas but determined to send a message to the world about their new duel over democracy, and here's abc's alex marquardt. >> reporter: they came by
that would help the government save almost $6 billion a year, according to one study, though it would also come at a cost. an average of $700 more in out-of-pocket costs for those seniors no longer eligible for medicare, not to mention additional health care costs for employers. and, diane, you talked about the political cold front here in washington, d.c. how frosty are things? well, house speaker john boehner did come to the white house last night for president obama's annual holiday party...
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consent of the governed. it is my intention to curb the size and influence of the federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the federal government and those reserves to the states or to the people. [applause] lou: reagan's original february 1981 plan proposed in that speech, enough cuts to bring spending down to 19 percent of gdp by 1984 and to balance the budget. the federal government started the 2013 budget year with a $292 billion deficit in the first two months. the nation not exactly on incorrect path to what was the reagan vision three decades ago. >> this is what democracy looks like. lou: a union demonstration turned violent. michigan state pro worker law cutting in to union dues. unions don't like it. one of their state legislative supporters says, there will be blood. we will show you why the unions are so angry in tonight's "chalk talk." demonstrations swell in egypt. atrocities mounted in syria. afghani troops are woefully unprepared. nationa
consent of the governed. it is my intention to curb the size and influence of the federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the federal government and those reserves to the states or to the people. [applause] lou: reagan's original february 1981 plan proposed in that speech, enough cuts to bring spending down to 19 percent of gdp by 1984 and to balance the budget. the federal government started the 2013 budget year with a $292 billion...
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right there are 47% who are with him, dependent on him, who believe they are victims who believes the government has responsibility to care for them. and so my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them they should take person responsibility for their lives. >> that catering group that locked in that camera and picked it up. >> 67 seconds versus a billion dollars in coke and rove and advertising and everything else. one person on their own. don't tell your kids at home they can't make a difference. one person on their own undid. >> what was it? a cell phone? why do you think it had such bounce in the campaign? >> i think two things. i think it confirmed the narrative the people had already established. i think using the term 47%. if he said half the people, or a lot of americans, his clinical passionate precise description. >> i think david is right. it was the precision of it. and the fact that he really believes it. he still does. he has been thinking about this. he still believes it. >> he found a stat on this he just loved. what a great show this has been. thank you, eu
right there are 47% who are with him, dependent on him, who believe they are victims who believes the government has responsibility to care for them. and so my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them they should take person responsibility for their lives. >> that catering group that locked in that camera and picked it up. >> 67 seconds versus a billion dollars in coke and rove and advertising and everything else. one person on their own. don't tell your kids...
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these are guys that went to congress not to limit government but to stop it. so what are you going to do? we have five democrats, five republicans that range from dick durbin from illinois and coburn of oklahoma, progressive conservative and five dems, five ren, one independent. that is a super majority. and for god sake, the reason we were so successful is that we effectively pissed off everybody in america. >> congratulations, sir. kudos. kudos to you. >> and there you go. alan simpson painting a bleak picture behind the scenes of the fiscal cliff negotiations. good morning. this is "way too early." thanks for being up with us this morning. we have a lot to get to on this thursday, december 6. >> including president obama actually making his appeal to business leaders on his tax plan. he's now reaching out following a very tough election campaign. >> and overseas, protests get violent in egypt where the once stable nation appears to be on the verge of crisis. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 here at 30 rock in new york city. we begin with 25 days to
these are guys that went to congress not to limit government but to stop it. so what are you going to do? we have five democrats, five republicans that range from dick durbin from illinois and coburn of oklahoma, progressive conservative and five dems, five ren, one independent. that is a super majority. and for god sake, the reason we were so successful is that we effectively pissed off everybody in america. >> congratulations, sir. kudos. kudos to you. >> and there you go. alan...
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this is not the purpose of the american government. [applause] >> and what i can tell you to do, if somehow you decide that business is no longer profitable and decide to sell the company. would you make a promise to me on the show, i want you to run for congress and i'll help you. you make a lot more sense than a lot of folks, and i hope. >>-- i'll make that one you if you make me one, governor, the role of government is split between federal and state. with our converse failing and second nailing with no record approval. with the supreme court failing its primary duty to uphold the governor in the rightful role of citizens and constitution. >> i agree and i hope-- william marsh, great, i hope people pay attention. >> if the president going to allow the to get what he wants? absolutely. says one of his congressman and we'll ask it when we come back. ♪ [ male announcer ] with free package pickup from the u.s. postal service the holidays are easy. visit usps.com. pay, print, and have it picked up for free before december 20h for deliv
this is not the purpose of the american government. [applause] >> and what i can tell you to do, if somehow you decide that business is no longer profitable and decide to sell the company. would you make a promise to me on the show, i want you to run for congress and i'll help you. you make a lot more sense than a lot of folks, and i hope. >>-- i'll make that one you if you make me one, governor, the role of government is split between federal and state. with our converse failing...
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i'm not the government of the united states. that is my point. >> greg: i hope the government would do the same thing if it was my family. that is my point. >> eric: that is the point. you are gaining information that would hopefully stop a terrorist attack that might kill thousands of people. >> bob: i thought it was c.i.a. that got the intelligence, not f.b.i. >> andrea: isn't in a movie? liberals say it's reprehensible. >> dana: right. so what dianne feinstein said, i know of the joint commission and the investigation in waterboarding. i know them very well. i would take the word of those people over hollywood depiction of it any day. a lot of people will see the movie. it's a good thing. but sometimes it's difficult to separate hollywood from the truth. in this case, sounds like the liberals are mad and there is a good reason for it. >> bob: where did you come up with the notion that liberals are against this whole thing? i haven't heard that. >> andrea: there is a bit of outrage. >> bob: so that's all liberals, right? >> an
i'm not the government of the united states. that is my point. >> greg: i hope the government would do the same thing if it was my family. that is my point. >> eric: that is the point. you are gaining information that would hopefully stop a terrorist attack that might kill thousands of people. >> bob: i thought it was c.i.a. that got the intelligence, not f.b.i. >> andrea: isn't in a movie? liberals say it's reprehensible. >> dana: right. so what dianne feinstein...
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pentagon sources tell nbc news there is specific intelligence suggesting the syrian government has loaded sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent, into aerial bombs and is awaiting command from president assad for its use. it comes as the fighting grows more intense and the rebels continue to advance into the capital city of damascus. yesterday secretary of state hillary clinton repeated her warning that the u.s. is ready to take swift action. >> our concerns are that increasingly desperate assad regime might turn to chemical weapons or might lose control of them to one of the many groups that are now operating within syria. we have sent an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line. and those responsible would be held to account. >> u.s. officials stress the chemical bonds remain in storage depots and president assad has not issued any warning to use them. egypt is going into political turmoil after intense clashes on the doorstep of the presidential palace. it's the largest confrontation the country has seen since the revolution that overthrew mubarak. tens of thousands of supporters
pentagon sources tell nbc news there is specific intelligence suggesting the syrian government has loaded sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent, into aerial bombs and is awaiting command from president assad for its use. it comes as the fighting grows more intense and the rebels continue to advance into the capital city of damascus. yesterday secretary of state hillary clinton repeated her warning that the u.s. is ready to take swift action. >> our concerns are that increasingly desperate assad...
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the federal government's budget deficit grew more than expected in november, pushed higher by a calendar quirk that pulled roughly $33 billion in benefit payments from december. >>> guatemala is deporting john mcafee to the united states. they have escorted mcafee is the gaut maul lap city airport. he was jailed for crossing the borderism legally. he entered guatemala seeking political asylum from belize where he is wanted for questioning in the murder of his neighbor. >>> a report from mastercard advisors and wells fargo showed shoppers spent 5.2% more at small retailers than they did the same time last year. that's the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. liz: the federal reserve expanding its bond buying program, announcing plans to purchase $45 billion in long-term treasurys while continuing to buy about $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities each and every month. david: but will the fed's new plans spur economic growth? joining us is alan blinder, former federal reserve vice chairman and he is now at the woodrow wilson school. thanks for coming i
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it's not the government's money. if somebody like steve jobs or bill gates or whoever goes out and makes a lot of money, they're first paying income tax. then a double tax on dividends. then the corporate taxes is another layer of tax. then you want to come in like the grim reaper and take money from their family when they die. it's not the government's money. we have a problem in washington of too much spending. you want to make the matter worse by putting more blood in the water with the hungry sharks. >> so first of all, dan, the fact that it's not my money, that's an argument about any taxation. i know folks would love to bring the tax rates to 0 for everything. the real world, whee government actually has to do things, defend the country, pay for social insurance, things that people care about, education, infrastructure, we need to collect revenue. when you are talking about collecting revenue from the top .2% of the wealthiest estates, folks whose capital gains, unlike you just said, folks whose capital gains h
it's not the government's money. if somebody like steve jobs or bill gates or whoever goes out and makes a lot of money, they're first paying income tax. then a double tax on dividends. then the corporate taxes is another layer of tax. then you want to come in like the grim reaper and take money from their family when they die. it's not the government's money. we have a problem in washington of too much spending. you want to make the matter worse by putting more blood in the water with the...
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labor unions are saying it's a civil war and the state government is saying it's going to be blood as a result of this. from this day forward, how do you begin to sort of bury the hatchet between the two parties so that while you really disagree on this legislation, that you can work together on other legislation and other areas to bring your state forward? how do you bury the hatchet? >> that is really important that we start right away. we have dealt with very controversial issues in the past. the state of michigan has gone through a process of balancing our budget and paying down debt. we have seen the fastest reduction of unemployment in the nation and revamped the tax structure, a lot of controversial things. we have found a way to work together and be inclusive even throughout the difficult times. i think once we get space between the passage of the law and the future, you will find that those types of tempers will die down, they will certainly be those who hold on to that anger over time. but our part is to be very itself and work toward the future and these fights, you have th
labor unions are saying it's a civil war and the state government is saying it's going to be blood as a result of this. from this day forward, how do you begin to sort of bury the hatchet between the two parties so that while you really disagree on this legislation, that you can work together on other legislation and other areas to bring your state forward? how do you bury the hatchet? >> that is really important that we start right away. we have dealt with very controversial issues in...
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which are the real cost drivers for our government. and how you do tax reform so you can actually gain revenue to government and help the economy groe. >> congressman, with all due respect, the tax -- >> that's a wonderful start for any southerner. >> the tax hikes are about 5% if that of our deficit problem. they're occupying 95% of our national dialogue. it's all we're talking about. why not give in on that so we can get to the stuff that matters? >> the president's leading this debate. obviously the president if you -- >> we're going to get to john boehner right now. he's speaking. let's listen in live. >> we're still waiting for the white house to identify what spending cuts the president is willing to make as part of the balanced approach that he promised the american people. where are the president's spending cuts? the longer the white house slow walks this process, the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. here's what we do know. we know that the president wants more stimulus spending. and an increase in the debt limit wi
which are the real cost drivers for our government. and how you do tax reform so you can actually gain revenue to government and help the economy groe. >> congressman, with all due respect, the tax -- >> that's a wonderful start for any southerner. >> the tax hikes are about 5% if that of our deficit problem. they're occupying 95% of our national dialogue. it's all we're talking about. why not give in on that so we can get to the stuff that matters? >> the president's...
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i think this government is being a lot smarter than the government in europe. the reason i don't think we have the kind of austerity we have in europe is because of the fact that bernanke is doing what he's doing. the fed is absolutely doing the right thing, preventing deflation and it's high time the politicians started seriously dealing with the deficit. the deficit is never going to get better. the situation about the deficit is never going to get better unless somebody does something about it. you can talk all you want. >> the europeans have been doing the same thing the federal reserve is doing, and they are having the same problems we're having, and in terms of the banks, if you want banks to lend, have the regulators stop beating them up every time they make a loan. it's easy toe lend to the government, easy to lend to big companies, but small and medium-sized businesses, you better pay for that things over six ways to sunday and the regulators are camping out and the banks will be on your backs for it. we need a countercyclical bank policy, and easy tim
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it's to have the federal government recognize her legal marriage. >> right. >> vis-a-vis the internal revenue service. because when her partner of 42 years died, she owed $363,000 in federal estate taxes that she would not have to pay if her spouse had been a man. >> and that's a great point because she was legally married in canada, lived in a state that marriage equality is legal. so we're not asking in this case for them to affirm the marriage. it's just for them to affirm where she is legally married that the federal government has to respect that, rich around. >> yes, that's true. but i think that the big picture we want to emphasize today is that we are at the beginning of the end of this struggle perhaps. >> right. >> and that these cases are perhaps among the most historic that any of these justices will ever decide because they are defining right before our very eyes what it means to be an american, what rights do you have as an american and as you so eloquently said at the introduction to this segment, this is what we are about. in june we are going to hear from the supreme
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federal government organizes the exchanges. i have a hunch if some states say this is a terrible idea, we're getting pressure, we want our people to join this market oriented system, maybe they'll give them some time to develop it. but i think in the end, having a strong federal exchange could be the best thing that happens. >> there's a difference between the exchange and the medicaid expansion. as far as medicaid is concerned, if a state decides not to expand medicaid, then that's the decision that stands and the irony is, the states which have the most uninsured people are the ones that would benefit the most. for example, texas has more uninsured people by percentage and in absolute numbers than any other state in the country. you would expect texas to be clamoring for -- to expand medicaid, especially because for the first three years, texas wouldn't even have to pay a penny. but governor perry said no, we want to continue to have the most uninsured people in the country. we're not going to expand medicaid, even if it's no
federal government organizes the exchanges. i have a hunch if some states say this is a terrible idea, we're getting pressure, we want our people to join this market oriented system, maybe they'll give them some time to develop it. but i think in the end, having a strong federal exchange could be the best thing that happens. >> there's a difference between the exchange and the medicaid expansion. as far as medicaid is concerned, if a state decides not to expand medicaid, then that's the...
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what did the government do? he signed a law that is also in effect in 24 other states, called right-to-work legislation. some people agree with it. some people do not. the fact of the matter is, all it says is that to work in a particular place, you don't have to join a union-- >>> that's it. >> the networks who have the liberal idea of choice and freedom, how come the worker shouldn't be free to make the choice and give it accurate reporting? instead, you have reporters -- by the way, there was a police officer that was hit also. that didn't get reported -- >> now -- this is where jay and i -- [overlapping dialogue] >> this is where jay and i part company [overlapping dialogue] >> i'm sorry? go ahead, hain. >> because what you have here is a situation where, you know, like the biggest contributors to political campaigns in america are on the conservative side and big business. big business is putting mony into this effort to attack unions. we have seen a decline in union membership and dues since the 1960s-- >>
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every man, woman, and child owing the government over $50,000 and that number is increasing every single year. and i think as a result our members understand that we've got to solve the problem and we will. >> so the bottom line is it really seems obvious, especially after talking to members coming out of that meeting, that they have been able to at least so far turn the rank-and-file and obtained them and said to the conference, the american people re-elected, meaning the president, and re-elected us. that's not a mandate to raise taxes. it's a mandate to work together. >> mandate to work together which means they may not go on their break which is expected. i heard the speaker tell you that he's going to tell you as well. quickly, dana, he's going to stay regardless of whether they go on break, right? >> reporter: right. and the question was the house of representatives is going to finish their work this week in about 45 minutes and it's only wednesday. >> right. >> reporter: they are going to go home. they are not going to be in session on thursday or friday. i asked the speaker wheth
every man, woman, and child owing the government over $50,000 and that number is increasing every single year. and i think as a result our members understand that we've got to solve the problem and we will. >> so the bottom line is it really seems obvious, especially after talking to members coming out of that meeting, that they have been able to at least so far turn the rank-and-file and obtained them and said to the conference, the american people re-elected, meaning the president, and...
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and the man who shut down the government under bill clinton. what newt gingrich thinks it will take to avoid that happening again. >>> plus one of my personal heroes, the fastest man in the history of planet earth. jamaican sprinter usain bolt revealing a talent you may not know he has. ♪ let's get together and feel all right ♪ >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, you are so hot, america. i mean that literally. the temperature was a balmy 60 degrees this afternoon in new york just outside cnn's studios. the average high temperature in december is normally 43. a warm front has flooded the lower 48 states. quite extraordinary but is it evidence of man-made global warming? that's tonight's battleground america. joining me now, bill nye the science guy and mark morano, the publisher of climate depo.com. welcome to you both. let me start with you, mark, if i may. you are implacably opposed to the concept of man-made climate change. why? >> we followed the evidence. there are quite literally hundreds of fact
and the man who shut down the government under bill clinton. what newt gingrich thinks it will take to avoid that happening again. >>> plus one of my personal heroes, the fastest man in the history of planet earth. jamaican sprinter usain bolt revealing a talent you may not know he has. ♪ let's get together and feel all right ♪ >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, you are so hot, america. i mean that literally. the...